Curated by Skillshare
4 Classes (1 hour 43 minutes)
- Materials
Required supplies are listed above each class.
- Final Product
2 finished dishes of your own design
- Level
Intermediate
Knife Skills: A Mini Class to Chop Like a Chef
First up, jump into a quick review of basic knife skills to get you warmed up and working efficiently in your kitchen. You'll learn 4 essential cuts (slice, dice, mince, and julienne) and gain fundamental skills for the kitchen — making prep faster, smoother, and more enjoyable. Supplies: your home knife set, properly sharpened.
Kitchen Confidence: Practical Tips for Cooking with Intuition
Next, learn to assemble a dish with confidence and intiuition. You'll practice by following a basic "outline" of a recipe for a filling rice dish, while improvising and customizing based on your tastes and available ingredients. Supplies: salt and pepper, cooking oil, 7-8 of your favorite spices or condiments, a grain or pasta of your choice, digital thermometer, oven thermometer, food scale. (More detail in class PDF guide)
Inspired Cooking: Creating Dishes from Art
It's time to get inspired! Follow along as a professional chef concocts a dish inspired by the paintings of Monet, using the colors and textures to inform ingredient selection, preparation technique, and final presentation. You will then create a dish of your own that evokes the essence of a favorite painting.
Congratulations! You’re All Done.
You did it! You’ve completed the full Learning Path. We can’t wait to see where these skills take you next.